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Co-operative development funding increases under US 2020 spending bills

There will be support for international co-op development programmes, energy-efficiency schemes at electric co-ops and rural…

How a credit union is bridging divides through financial inclusion

East Sussex credit union is working with charities and the local authority to offer affordable loans…

Australia’s co-op sector responds to bushfire tragedy

Sector bodies for co-ops, credit unions and mutuals are urging people to donate and offering support…

Southern Co-op to stock specialist tea range with social mission

The society is stocking plastic-free teabags from NEMI, a social enterprise which works with refugees

European Parliament renews Social Economy Intergroup

Sector body Cooperatives Europe welcomed the decision

Trust busting: How can the tech giants be limited to give co-ops room to grow?

New regulation is needed to give platform co-ops a level playing field in a world dominated…

2020 vision: Leading co-operators enter a new year

Q&As from the co-op movement around the world, sharing their thoughts on 2019 and the coming…

2019 Q&A: Shaun Tarbuck on insurance

Shaun Tarbuck, chief executive of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF)

2019 Q&A: Brian Branch, Woccu

President and chief executive officer of the World Council of Credit Unions (Woccu)

2019 Q&A: James Wright, Co-operatives UK

'We need strong evidence, powerful messaging and good relationships with people of many political persuasions, from…

Bridging divides in health: community-based health promotion in Japan

Co-operatives have been pioneering voluntary preventive health practice since the 1960s

After Labour’s defeat, does the co-op council model show a route to renewal?

'Giving power back to localities would make all the difference ... We need people to have…